Brick red and berry are bursting at the seams of NARS’ spring 2009 collection.

I’m thinking NARS took a risk with the fall-ish shades in this collection, but you know what they say about risk: it’s the spice of life! Shoot, brick red eyeshadow? That’s all I need to hear.

“My inspiration for spring was a very sexy woman,” explains Francois Nars, Founder and Creative Director of NARS Cosmetics. “I wanted a bit of a ’70s feeling, somewhere between Guy Bourdin and Chris Von Wangenheim’s photographs — aggressive, but very sensual and fragile at the same time.”

It’s a provocative collection, isn’t it? And heavy on face and eye products…

I think it’s time for another installment of WHAT WOULD YOU GET!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to spend $150 of virtual moolah (or thereabouts) on any combination of products from the NARS spring 2009 collection, and then share your virtual haul in the comments.

So far, 88 people have commented on this article. How cool is that?

The only think I love love is the multiple duo! Hula Hula due is nice… but a bit to light for my skintone. Im Medetteranian (cant spell it!! AHH) looking and if it was a tad richer I would be lusting over it.

But ive seen another multiple duo with a new shade called Riviera in it and i actually prefer that to this combo.

Im a little dissappointed..usually I love Nars and I always treat myself to an eye shadow or two

while i really love nars eyeshadows i am a bit scared about grenadines my undereye shadows look like bruising as it is ( allegrgic shiners the drs call it – reddish tones like this make me look quite scary

if i had to choose for 150 bucks:
hula hula eyeshadow
night sun eyeshadow
shrinagar lipstick
custard ginger concealer – hey a girl can never have enough concealer
orgasm and south beach multiple duo

i think the model for this campaign is a bit scary – i get the whole look and all but its a bit creepy to me she looks like she had a rough night or was crying lol

i had a really awesome one from mac that i was milking till about last year when i went to buy it again they had reformulated the formula and i wasnt enthused – then i tried Correcteur Eclat great coverage but creases like a mofo and was waaaayy to drying – these days i am totally on Chanel’s Pro Lumiere Correcteur Professional Finish – blends fabulously and never feels cakey or creases i have gone thru 2 tubes already this is how much i cannot live without it. I am always scared about new concealers cause i am always failed but this works so wonderfully i cant steer away from it when i am looking extra haggard after i set it with powder i tap on with my finger some nars albatross highlighter to brighten
instant awakeness!

The hungry hearts duo, egea and grenadines would be on my list. Grenadines reminds me of an old school lancome i loved and rocked constantly back in high school… The multiple duo looks nice, but I already have Orgasm, and I don’t like it as much as Sin on my complexion…

Ohhh the shadow duo looks so pretty! I’m a little wary of brick red eye shadows. Being so fair, I can easily go into vampire/sickly territory if I don’t use them just right lol…

I went into Ulta yesterday and nearly lost my mind with giddy-ness, I LOVE that store, especially when I have my rewards coupons. They have a serious clearance sale going right now, I got a sparkly copper eyeliner for $.49! If they start carrying Benefit, I might have to live there.

I agree with all the comments that the model looks strange. I love NARS, but so much of their makeup is glittery. I swatch everything at Sephora before I buy it.

I’m going to be buying Grenadines and Shrinagar for certain. I probably won’t buy anything else. I’ve had my eye on some of the permanent e/s duos for a while. Since NARS is so expensive, I can’t splurge on it like MAC stuff.

Surprisingly, I don’t like this collection at all. I can’t see any of these shades looking particularly nice on me. I do like that they took a risk with this collection though. It’s definitely going to stand out against a couple of the other spring collections I’ve seen so far.

Because having more fun with (bold) color is a makeup resolution of mine, Night Sun and Grenadine e/s is what I would get. Now,if it were up to the entire NARS collection, my list would be a lot longer! LOL

I’ve not actually seen these, but I’m wondering… Since the pink in Hula looks similar to Baby Girl, which looks similar to the pink in Hungry Heart, is it necessary to have all three? I’m also a little concerned with the sheerness of the eueshadows. While I LOVE Nars, sometimes the shadows are hit and miss in terms of pigment.

Hi there, cutie,
What do I want for spring? Besides warm weather and sunshine. . . . First of all, NARS has a lot of imagination and his products are beautifully colored but and as PeeWee Herman said in one of his movies, “Everyone has a big but(t)!!!) hahahaha
They are too much of the runway and not of the everyday. I love his blushes though and some of the lip colors. But the eyeshadows are a little dangerous. I will not be buying Chanel because I am “mad” at them. The same old stuff recycled over and over again. I have enough quads and glossimers. What were they thinking with that old picture of Stevie Nicks in her gypsy outfit? They need to put that back down in the cellar where they found it. Besides they raised their prices for their items too much and the days for greed are over. You hear that, Karl Lagerfeld. I have bought you your last silver ring. The Dior colors are very nice and they are my newest makeup crush. However, if I am to buy anything, I will be buying the new Smashbox eyeshadow palette and the corresponding eyeliner pencils. The pastel colors are just feminine and gorgeous-buttery soft and silky sheer. There are 10 of them, I think. The lighter shade is on one side and the deeper is across from it. They also have a primer-illuminator which gives a lovely golden glow. Now I have never been a Smashbox fan because I thought that they catered to the young folks. But when I saw these items, I knew that they were for me and it was time for a change!!! Check them out. Hey, Karen, can you send a little of that nice warm weather over here to Pittsburgh in time for the football game on Sunday?? Louise

I like these, its a refreshing change from the usual spring colors
I would get
grenadines eyeshadow 22
hula hula dup 32
sweet revenge gloss 24
vanilla/honey duo 30
hungry heart blush 37
which puts me at 145, so just enough left over for Starbucks!

GAH! I need to try that one. I am not surprised that it works so well — most every skin product I’ve tried from Chanel delivers. Do you top it off with a powder to set it? Or do you wear it on its own?

I’m not so big on the red – but I have a hard time doubting Francois. He seems to put colors together that just work. That said, I won’t be going after that one anytime soon. But it would be cool to see someone totally rock it.

There are a ton of pastels that look the same in this… I’m guessing that the shimmer and different warm and cool tones will set each apart, but I dunno. I guess I’ll have to wait ’till I see it in person.

I left my day job at the literary agency because I did some soul searching and decided that it was time to move on. I’m taking a journalism class to brush up on my reporting skills. The goal is to write full time someday. *crosses fingers*

Most of this collection is not for me and my coloring, but I like both the lipstick and lipgloss as well as the multiple duo. Funny, I was just on the Nars website where you can see details to a couple of the looks he created for NY Spring RTW 09. Check out the link where you can see a better photo of the “red” eye look he did for 3.1 Philip Limhttp://www.narscosmetics.com/looks_detail.aspx?SID=1&l=146&id=1658

Hi Karen!
I look every new (to me) cosmetic brand up on peta.org, before I decide if I order from them or not.
Among the so called “cruelty free” brands are: MAC, Bobbi Brown, Urban Decay, Clinique, Stila, Smashbox, Essie, China Glaze…
as well as the numerous mineral make up brands found online.
There are really many choices, I really donÂ´t feel as if I limit myself, since I love all the abovementioned brands. :o)

Hey K,
You know how i love me some NARS!!! I’ll check out the lipstick/gloss and maybe the hula hula duo. Red shadow? not so much it’ll make me look either a)eczema outbreak or b)i got socked in the eye and either look is not cute! I guess I have to see it in person…

I pretty much love all the Nars blush (I have about 14 Nars powder blush and counting!) but the ones that i have been using quite often are Luster/Desire/Torrid. The stila convertible in gerbera is always nice.

Ps/ I preorderd the items in the collection that i mentioned from Saks Fifth, will let you know how much I really love them 😉

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